1 Now Jacob was living in the land where his father had made a place for himself, in the land of Canaan.2 These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a boy seventeen years old, was looking after the flock, together with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph gave their father a bad account of them.3 Now the love which Israel had for Joseph was greater than his love for all his other children, because he got him when he was an old man: and he had a long coat made for him.4 And because his brothers saw that Joseph was dearer to his father than all the others, they were full of hate for him, and would not say a kind word to him.5 Now Joseph had a dream, and he gave his brothers an account of it, which made their hate greater than ever.6 And he said to them, Let me give you the story of my dream.7 We were in the field, getting the grain stems together, and my grain kept upright, and yours came round and went down on the earth before mine.8 And his brothers said to him, Are you to be our king? will you have authority over us? And because of his dream and his words, their hate for him became greater than ever.9 Then he had another dream, and gave his brothers an account of it, saying, I have had another dream: the sun and the moon and eleven stars gave honour to me.10 And he gave word of it to his father and his brothers; but his father protesting said, What sort of a dream is this? am I and your mother and your brothers to go down on our faces to the earth before you?11 And his brothers were full of envy; but his father kept his words in mind.12 Now his brothers went to keep watch over their father's flock in Shechem.13 And Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers with the flock in Shechem? come, I will send you to them. And he said to him, Here am I.14 And he said to him, Go now, and see if your brothers are well and how the flock is; then come back and give me word. So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.15 And a man saw him wandering in the country, and said to him, What are you looking for?16 And he said, I am looking for my brothers; please give me word of where they are keeping their flock.17 And the man said, They have gone away from here, for they said in my hearing, Let us go to Dothan. So Joseph went after them and came up with them at Dothan.18 But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;19 Saying to one another, See, here comes this dreamer.20 Let us now put him to death and put his body into one of these holes, and we will say, An evil beast has put him to death: then we will see what becomes of his dreams.21 But Reuben, hearing these words, got him out of their hands, saying, Let us not take his life.22 Do not put him to a violent death, but let him be placed in one of the holes; this he said to keep him safe from their hands, with the purpose of taking him back to his father again.23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they took off his long coat which he had on;24 And they took him and put him in the hole: now the hole had no water in it.25 Then seating themselves, they took their meal: and looking up, they saw a travelling band of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead on their way to Egypt, with spices and perfumes on their camels.26 And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is there in putting our brother to death and covering up his blood?27 Let us give him to these Ishmaelites for a price, and let us not put violent hands on him, for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers gave ear to him.28 And some traders from Midian went by; so pulling Joseph up out of the hole, they gave him to the Ishmaelites for twenty bits of silver, and they took him to Egypt.29 Now when Reuben came back to the hole, Joseph was not there; and giving signs of grief,30 He went back to his brothers, and said, The child is gone; what am I to do?31 Then they took Joseph's coat, and put on it some of the blood from a young goat which they had put to death,32 And they took the coat to their father, and said, We came across this; is it your son's coat or not?33 And he saw that it was, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast has put him to death; without doubt Joseph has come to a cruel end.34 Then Jacob, giving signs of grief, put on haircloth, and went on weeping for his son day after day.35 And all his sons and all his daughters came to give him comfort, but he would not be comforted, saying with weeping, I will go down to the underworld to my son. So great was his father's sorrow for him.36 And in Egypt the men of Midian gave him for a price to Potiphar, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house.

1 Habitavit autem Jacob in terra Chanaan, in qua pater suus peregrinatus est. 2 Et h sunt generationes ejus : Joseph cum sedecim esset annorum, pascebat gregem cum fratribus suis adhuc puer : et erat cum filiis Bal et Zelph uxorum patris sui : accusavitque fratres suos apud patrem crimine pessimo. 3 Isral autem diligebat Joseph super omnes filios suos, eo quod in senectute genuisset eum : fecitque ei tunicam polymitam. 4 Videntes autem fratres ejus quod a patre plus cunctis filiis amaretur, oderant eum, nec poterant ei quidquam pacifice loqui. 5 Accidit quoque ut visum somnium referret fratribus suis : qu causa majoris odii seminarium fuit. 6 Dixitque ad eos : Audite somnium meum quod vidi : 7 putabam nos ligare manipulos in agro : et quasi consurgere manipulum meum, et stare, vestrosque manipulos circumstantes adorare manipulum meum. 8 Responderunt fratres ejus : Numquid rex noster eris ? aut subjiciemur ditioni tu ? Hc ergo causa somniorum atque sermonum, invidi et odii fomitem ministravit. 9 Aliud quoque vidit somnium, quod narrans fratribus, ait : Vidi per somnium, quasi solem, et lunam, et stellas undecim adorare me. 10 Quod cum patri suo, et fratribus retulisset, increpavit eum pater suus, et dixit : Quid sibi vult hoc somnium quod vidisti ? num ego et mater tua, et fratres tui adorabimus te super terram ? 11 Invidebant ei igitur fratres sui : pater vero rem tacitus considerabat.12 Cumque fratres illius in pascendis gregibus patris morarentur in Sichem, 13 dixit ad eum Isral : Fratres tui pascunt oves in Sichimis : veni, mittam te ad eos. Quo respondente, 14 Prsto sum, ait ei : Vade, et vide si cuncta prospera sint erga fratres tuos, et pecora : et renuntia mihi quid agatur. Missus de valle Hebron, venit in Sichem : 15 invenitque eum vir errantem in agro, et interrogavit quid qureret. 16 At ille respondit : Fratres meos quro : indica mihi ubi pascant greges. 17 Dixitque ei vir : Recesserunt de loco isto : audivi autem eos dicentes : Eamus in Dothain. Perrexit ergo Joseph post fratres suos, et invenit eos in Dothain. 18 Qui cum vidissent eum procul, antequam accederet ad eos, cogitaverunt illum occidere : 19 et mutuo loquebantur : Ecce somniator venit : 20 venite, occidamus eum, et mittamus in cisternam veterem : dicemusque : Fera pessima devoravit eum : et tunc apparebit quid illi prosint somnia sua. 21 Audiens autem hoc Ruben, nitebatur liberare eum de manibus eorum, et dicebat : 22 Non interficiatis animam ejus, nec effundatis sanguinem : sed projicite eum in cisternam hanc, qu est in solitudine, manusque vestras servate innoxias : hoc autem dicebat, volens eripere eum de manibus eorum, et reddere patri suo. 23 Confestim igitur ut pervenit ad fratres suos, nudaverunt eum tunica talari et polymita : 24 miseruntque eum in cisternam veterem, qu non habebat aquam. 25 Et sedentes ut comederent panem, viderunt Ismalitas viatores venire de Galaad, et camelos eorum portantes aromata, et resinam, et stacten in gyptum. 26 Dixit ergo Judas fratribus suis : Quid nobis prodest si occiderimus fratrem nostrum, et celaverimus sanguinem ipsius ? 27 melius est ut venundetur Ismalitis, et manus nostr non polluantur : frater enim et caro nostra est. Acquieverunt fratres sermonibus illius. 28 Et prtereuntibus Madianitis negotiatoribus, extrahentes eum de cisterna, vendiderunt eum Ismalitis, viginti argenteis : qui duxerunt eum in gyptum. 29 Reversusque Ruben ad cisternam, non invenit puerum : 30 et scissis vestibus pergens ad fratres suos, ait : Puer non comparet, et ego quo ibo ? 31 Tulerunt autem tunicam ejus, et in sanguine hdi, quem occiderant, tinxerunt : 32 mittentes qui ferrent ad patrem, et dicerent : Hanc invenimus : vide utrum tunica filii tui sit, an non. 33 Quam cum agnovisset pater, ait : Tunica filii mei est : fera pessima comedit eum, bestia devoravit Joseph. 34 Scissisque vestibus, indutus est cilicio, lugens filium suum multo tempore. 35 Congregatis autem cunctis liberis ejus ut lenirent dolorem patris, noluit consolationem accipere, sed ait : Descendam ad filium meum lugens in infernum. Et illo perseverante in fletu, 36 Madianit vendiderunt Joseph in gypto Putiphari eunucho Pharaonis, magistro militum.